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The surname Benavente

A surname, carried by 1,901 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex B515

Benavente: #15,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Benavente #15,409, 1,901 people Benavente: #15,409 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Benavente #15,409, 1,901 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Benavente is more common than 90.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,901 people named Benavente in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,449.

#15,409
rank among US surnames
1,901
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+31.2%
change since 2000 (was #17,813)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#15,402Frew1,903162,241
#15,406Delfin1,902162,327
#15,409McQueary1,901162,412
#15,418McSherry1,900162,498

Who is named Benavente

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

66% of people named Benavente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 8.3% as white (not Hispanic).

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 66%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
  • White (not Hispanic) 8.3%
  • Two or more races 5.9%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Benavente

Benavente has the Soundex code B515, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B515.

Questions

How common is the surname Benavente?
1,901 people in the United States had the surname Benavente in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 162,412 Americans. It ranked 15,409th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Benavente?
In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Benavente identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Benavente getting more or less common?
More common. 1,449 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,901 in 2010, up 31%.